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Why does one need societal political psychology?

The answer to this question is simple: by need. It is a theoretical and practical need. In front of the fragmentation of social sciences and the absence of a transverse and multi-field vision, it is important to build a federator paradigm.
Political psychology studies overall the actions of people in society: power, democracy and totalitarianism, crises and revolts, political change, authority and charisma of the leaders, propaganda, political discourse and communication, psychological warfare and diplomatic action, electoral processes, social influence and collective memory, ideology and beliefs, racism, technological and geopolitical impact. All these topics, in edge of classical academic research, challenge the contemporary culture.
Various psychological levels of analysis and various fields in politics configure the archipelago of the new discipline. Any reference to these “fields of work” is a response to the multi-field and intercultural synergy to which take part today psychologists, philosophers, linguists, historians, anthropologists, sociologists and political science scholars. Now they no longer can ignore each other.
Zoon politikon of our century – the planetary citizen – is the product of different political regimes. In fact, at the “global village” where men are bound by the media, both politics and psychology are of high importance.
For this reasons we think that the project of an international political psychology review is necessary and viable. Who will need it? Who will be our interlocutors? The optimistic answer is encouraging: all those interested in the search of the just society and the way in which psychology mixes with politics.